Dorrigo Urunga Bellingen Bicycle Users Group – Dubbug

3 hours 6 minutes ago

Sunday 8th November Ride Report: Valla vs the magical Myf-tery Tour

Valla group: Found a bikepacker with a flat on the way to start the day. Fixed it, waved them off on their trip to Melbourne and then rolled south to Valla and into Nourish with the smugness of people who'd done a good deed and earned a second coffee for it.

The Myf-tery Tour: Billed as "magical," which in cycling means "there may be some hike-a-bike." The ride went through Bongil Bongil National Park, then onto fire roads, then trails … and then just a scrap of leaf litter and branches over washouts.

As expected, there was a short hike-a-bike section for the non e-bikes. Then a flat tyre. But while some supervised the repair, the rest were quietly listening to the forest and were delighted to hear a couple of Golden Whistlers calling to each other.

As the trees opened into farmland, we had a few gates to get through and a spooky black cat at an equally spooky abandoned farmhouse. With the rank smell of dead animals we headed past a cattle graveyard and were somewhat relieved to be out of the scenes of Deliverance and back to civilisation. While the plan was to face the strong headwinds of Yellow Rock, most of the group sneakily headed straight for coffee while two hardy souls finished the final kilometres.

Dorrigo Urunga Bellingen Bicycle Users Group – Dubbug

3 weeks 1 hour ago

Sunday 18th August 2026 ride report The forecast was hard to pick. Because it is Coffs weather reporting it’s always a guess how much will apply further south and west. Yes there was rain forecast but maybe it wouldn’t be too bad … Well that "maybe rain” definitely turned up on schedule, but so did we, because that's apparently what we do. Riders took one of two scheduled routes to Bellingen: Martells Road, North Bank, and a couple of others headed out via Hyde's Creek. Choose your own adventure, but every ending was damp. Bellingen delivered a proper challenge at a chilly 12.7°C. Then the cruel twist: east of the big hills it was a balmy 18°C, with not a drop of rain on the ride home. Same morning, same riders, two different climates. Some had eyes on Slarkes Rd back out from North Bank for some adventure, but after all that rain it looked slippery enough to qualify as a water feature. It can wait for a drier day. Photographic evidence: a couple of the 4 or 5 wet riders at the transfer station outside Bello, looking like people who have made choices. And the café, which gets a gold star for providing blankets. Nothing says "we've lost the will to be cold" like a row of cyclists wrapped up like very sporty toddlers. And finally it’s good weather for ducks (and roosters apparently!) One sensible soul stayed home for Zwift, dry, warm and smug. We salute you. We

Dorrigo Urunga Bellingen Bicycle Users Group – Dubbug

4 weeks 1 hour ago

Starting at Urunga at 8am this morning we had a lovely jaunt via South arm to Bellingen ad the ride pick today. A bakers dozen enjoyed the stunning weather through the forest, by the river and up and down some hills for the 50km+ ride. Some on the ride noted how Powerhouse Paula could do so much more riding if she’d just retire! Mark has found new depths to his strength, while some others were out for the count today for a variety of health reasons and other commitments. In missing the ride they also missed the lucky doggo riding sidecar with his mate behind the wheel 🏍️ It was lovely to catch up Kerrie at Bello and to join in the building excitement as Radha gets ready to head to Thailand to see her family. As always the lemon tart delish, so all is well. Don & Michele marvelled as they rode from Bonville School to Bello via a seperate route through Timboon, Gleniffer & Roses Rds. From Valery Rd tho Gleniffer Hall is all bitumen, no potholes & schmiko. Couldn't believe it! The only gravel on the whole trip is between Sawmill & Valery Rd turnoff (3.5km) & a little section on 🌹's (1.5km), both of which are in great condition. Fine for a road bike – a new ride for the calendar for the roadies who’ve always been ruled out of that route. See you all next week for another glorious ride in our stunning neighbourhood.